--- name: "Nakamura Shidō II" canonical: "https://film.one/person/shido-nakamura" fi1m_id: "shido-nakamura" imdb_id: "nm1217394" tmdb_id: 72202 wikidata_id: "Q1060193" roles: ["Actor"] born: "14 September 1972" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-23T22:26:51.344061+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Nakamura Shidō II ## Identity Nakamura Shidō II - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shido-nakamura - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** shido-nakamura - **IMDb ID:** nm1217394 - **TMDB ID:** 72202 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1060193 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamura_Shid%C5%8D_II, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1217394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72202 Actor. Born 14 September 1972 in Tokyo, Japan. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 14 September 1972, Tokyo, Japan - **Also known as:** Shido Nakamura, 小川幹弘, Shidō Nakamura II, Shidou Nakamura II, Shido Nakamura II, Nakamura Shidou, 二代目 中村 獅童, 二代目中村獅童, Nidaime Nakamura Shidō, 小川 幹弘, Ogawa Mikihiro, 中村獅童 (2代目) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakamura_Shid%C5%8D_II, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1060193, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1217394/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72202 ## Biography Shidō Nakamura II, born Mikihiro Ogawa on 14 September 1972 in Tokyo, is a Japanese kabuki and film actor. The son of kabuki actor Nakamura Shidō I, he made his kabuki debut at the age of eight and took his stage name the following year. Nakamura entered film with *Ping Pong* (2002). He is known for his role as Lieutenant Ito in Clint Eastwood's *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), the voice of Ryuk in *Death Note* (2006) and its sequel, Anno Tanaka in *Fearless* (2006), and Gan Xing in *Red Cliff* (2008) and its sequel. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Fi1m 84, as Lieutenant Ito — [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md) ## Complete filmography (98) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Mouths* (2026), Actor - *Street Kingdom: Make your own sound.* (2026), as Hiromi - *This Is I* (2026), as Tsuruhisa - *Miss King* (2025), series, as Shoichi Yuki - *Hakkenden* (2024), as Ichikawa Danjuro VII - *Broken Rage* (2024), as Kaneshiro - *Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger Final Three Episodes TTFC Special Version* (2024), as Reiniol Husty (voice) - *唐茄子屋 不思議国之若旦那* (2024), Actor - *Lumberjack the Monster* (2023), as Takeshi Kenmochi - *Kubi* (2023), as Naniwa Mosuke - *Give My Regards to Kenshirō* (2023), series, as Takeshi Kimura - *Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger: Adventure Heaven* (2023), as Reiniol Husty - *New Kabuki Final Fantasy X* (2023), as Auron - *Monster* (2023), as Kiyotaka Hoshikawa - *The Village* (2023), as Kokichi Ohashi - *Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger* (2023), series, as Causus Husty, Reiniol Husty - *Cho Kabuki in Minamiza (special summer project)* (2022), series, Actor - *The 13 Lords of the Shogun* (2022), series, as Kajiwara Kagetoki - *中村獅童の灯台見聞録 ～灯台が照らし続けた海と日本人の記憶～* (2021), series, Creator - *Cho Kabuki* (2021), as Minamoto no Yorimitsu / Hakamadare Yasusuke, The spirit of the lion - *Last of the Wolves* (2021), as Takafumi Kosaska - *Character* (2021), as Makabe Kota - *Mio's Cookbook* (2020), as Mataji - *Bones of Steel* (2020), series, Actor - *Followers* (2020), series, as Isamu - *Signal 100* (2020), as Shimobe - *A Samurai Movie Rhapsody: Filming the Ultimate Swordfight* (2019), Actor - *Idaten: Tokyo Olympics Story* (2019), series, as 金栗实次 - *The Blood of Wolves* (2018), as Takafumi Takasaka - *NEWシネマ歌舞伎 四谷怪談* (2017), Actor - *Death Note: Light Up the NEW World* (2016), as Ryuk (voice) - *Death Note: New Generation* (2016), series, as Ryuk - *Too Young To Die!* (2016), Actor - *Twisted Justice* (2016), as Katsusuke Kuroiwa - *Totto Television* (2016), series, as Kiyoshi Atsumi - *Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit* (2016), series, as Logsum - *Terminal* (2015), as Ichiryu Oshita - *奥田英朗クライムサスペンス 邪魔* (2015), series, Actor - *Furiko* (2015), as Daisuke Hasegawa - *Kaze no Tōge: Ginkan no Fu* (2015), series, Actor - *Silver Spoon* (2014), as Nakajima Yoshiyuki - *Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission* (2013), as Jed (voice) - *Tenshin* (2013), as Yokoyama Taikan - *Gatchaman* (2013), as Iriya - *Onna Nobunaga* (2013), series, Actor - *必殺仕事人2013* (2013), Actor - *The Locked Room Murders* (2012), series, as Aida Aiichiro - *Hard Romanticker* (2011), as Takagi - *The Legacy of the Sun* (2011), as Sergeant Shouzou Mochizuki - *Ninja Kids!!!* (2011), as Father - *Star Watching Dog* (2011), Actor - *Legend of the Millennium Dragon* (2011), as Gen'un (voice) - *Happy Together –All About My Dog–* (2011), as Kentaru Yamada - *Goodbye Alma* (2010), series, as Col. Matsuhara - *Leonie* (2010), as Yone Noguchi - *Mori no Asagao* (2010), series, as Tadashishi Kouzai - *BECK* (2010), as Ran - *Hutch the Honeybee* (2010), Actor - *Silver Rain* (2009), as Shoji Iwai - *Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors* (2009), as Ryuk (voice) - *Red Cliff II* (2009), as Gan Xing - *ICHI* (2008), as Banki - *Kiri no hi* (2008), Actor - *R246 STORY* (2008), Director - *Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior* (2008), as Zero (voice) - *Red Cliff* (2008), as Gan Xing - *Chacha: The Princess of Heaven* (2007), as Ieyasu Tokugawa - *Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God* (2007), as Ryuk (voice) - *Lupin the 3rd: The Elusiveness of the Fog* (2007), as Kyosuke Mamo (voice) - *Sexy Voice and Robo* (2007), series, as Mikabozu - *Sekushii Boisu Ando Robo* (2007), series, Actor - *李香兰* (2007), series, as Masahiko Amakasu - *Ri Kôran* (2007), as Amakasu Masahiko - *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), as Lieutenant Ito — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md) - *Death Note: The Last Name* (2006), as Ryuuk (voice) - *Death Note* (2006), series, as Ryuk (voice) - *Honey and Clover* (2006), as Repairer - *Death Note* (2006), as Ryuk (voice) - *Fearless* (2006), as Anno Tanaka - *Yamato* (2005), as Mamoru Uchida - *Stormy Night* (2005), as Gabu (voice) - *実録・小野田少尉 遅すぎた帰還* (2005), Actor - *Neighbour No. 13* (2005), as No. 13 - *All About My Dog* (2005), as Kentaru Yamada - *Be with You* (2004), as Takumi Aio - *Aka-sen* (2004), Actor - *Akai Tsuki* (2004), series, Actor - *One Piece: Curse of the Sacred Sword* (2004), as Saga (voice) - *Shinsengumi!* (2004), series, as Takimoto Sutesuke - *Like Asura* (2003), as Shizuo Katsumata - *世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編* (2003), Actor - *Tales of the Bizarre: 2003 Fall Special* (2003), Actor - *Iden & Tity* (2003), as Johnny - *HR* (2002), series, as Mikihiro Washio - *Ping Pong* (2002), as Ryuichi "Dragon" Kazama - *Kisarazu Cat's Eye* (2002), series, Actor - *Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen* (1990), series, Actor - *Death Note: Genius of the Counterattack*, as Ryuk ## Gallery - ![スーパーナチュラル試写会、スペースFS汐留にて (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/99414/gallery-6c3ffde58e16.jpg) スーパーナチュラル試写会、スペースFS汐留にて (2011) — Yard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Nakamura_shidou_2010_8_29_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Nakamura Shidō II](https://film.one/media/person/99414/gallery-d3248dfc8d0e.jpg) Nakamura Shidō II — Yard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Nakamura_shidou_2010_8_29_2_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![​スーパーナチュラル試写会、スペースFS汐留にて (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/99414/gallery-c9deca703388.jpg) ​スーパーナチュラル試写会、スペースFS汐留にて (2011) — Yard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Nakamura_shidou_2011_8_29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Nakamura Shidō II](https://film.one/media/person/99414/gallery-555783fc2f01.jpg) Nakamura Shidō II — Image via TMDB - ![Nakamura Shidō II](https://film.one/media/person/99414/gallery-932354e4cc7b.jpg) Nakamura Shidō II — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won - Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year 2004: Elan d'or Award for Newcomer of the Year (won) - Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer 2003: Blue Ribbon Awards for Best Newcomer (won), for *Ping Pong* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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